18 venues in Northern Ireland will be marking the 334th anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne.
Preparations are at an advanced stage for the biggest day in Northern Ireland's parading calendar, with hundreds of thousands of people expected to participate or spectate in this year’s Twelfth of July celebrations.
There are always approximately four Scottish bands on parade at the Co Armagh demonstration and as the “County of the Diamond” is well-renowned for the Lambeg drum, dozens will be accompanying the lodges, especially if the weather is favourable. The return parade is scheduled to commence from the Demonstration Field at 2.45pm, with Lurgan District LOL No. 6 being the first to leave. The parade route will be the reverse of the morning parade. The County Officers will review the parade at an appropriate place along the return route. Each district will depart at the allocated time and board the buses on the Armagh Road. Killylea will be the last to leave the Field at approximately 4.45pm.
This year some 73 bands shall participate in the parade, and they will stretch the length and breadth of Northern Ireland as well as award winning marching bands from Scotland. The route from Carlisle Circus to Barnetts Demense is approximately six miles and this route is walked in return making it the longest Twelfth of July parade.
The parade will assemble at Meeting House Lane Car Park. At 12.30pm it will proceed to the demonstration field at community centre/playing fields Tullygarley via Meeting House Lane, Castle Street, Church Street, Wellington Street, Lower Mill Street, Galgorm Road, Waveney Road, Harryville Bridge, Queen Street, Toome Road, Tullygarley Road and Riverdale. Return Via Riverdale, Tullygarley Road, Toome Road and Queen Street. The parade should finish around 2.30pm.
The main parade, which will be led by Whitehead Temperance LOL 968, will take about 1¼ hours to make its way to the field. The Platform proceedings will commence shortly after the last lodge arrives in the field and the guest speaker will be Drew Hamill, of Victoria Evangelical Church. And 16 lodges will take part in the ‘Triangle’ Twelfth of July parade, which will be held this year in Ahoghill. The main parade will move off at 12.30pm from Killane Road following a route via Galgorm Road, Ballymena Road, Main Street, The Diamond, Church Street, , The Diamond, Cullybackey Road, Cullybackey Road Link, to the demonstration field at the Ahoghill Community Centre.
The formal platform proceedings will start at around 2.30pm. The speakers on the day will be Bro. Tom Elliott UUP MLA and the religious service will be led by Bro. Rev. David Bissett, Deputy County Grand Chaplain. There will be food, refreshments and entertainment for children in the field. Following the platform proceedings, the parade will reform at 4pm to return to Beechvale.
Co Down The village of Gilford will play host to one of the larger gatherings on the Twelfth of July. It is anticipated that there will be around 10,000 attendees on the day to watch over 60 Lodges and bands from South West Down. The parade will gather in the assembly field at the junction of Plantation Road/Moyallan Road and at noon will follow a route along High Street, Dunbarton Street, The Square, Mill Street, Bridge Street, Wall Road to the demonstration field on the Scarva Road.
The platform service will begin at noon with a short religious service and speech from guest speaker Wor. Bro. Jim Shannon MP, who is the Worshipful Master of the House of Commons Orange Lodge. The main parade will commence at 1pm and will consist of over 30 bands and 1,000 Orangemen and women. Joining Ballynahinch District Officers at the front of the parade will be the two main speakers for the day - Assistant Grand Master Wor. Bro. K. Harbinson and County Down Grand Master Wor. Bro. Richard Fleming. Grand Lecturer Robert Barr, Deputy County Down Master Kyle McIlwrath, County Down Grand Chaplain Victor Neill, and Wor. Bro. David Whiteford Coatbridge District LOL 22 from Scotland will also be in attendance.
Following lodge picnics, the religious service is due to commence at 2.15pm. The guest speaker will be Rev Campbell Mulvenny minister of Dervock Presbyterian Church. The district will start their homeward parade at 3.30pm. The Kilkeel and country Lodges return to Kilkeel where they will parade through the town before finishing at Kilkeel Orange Hall.
The City of Londonderry Grand Orange Lodge will have a local farm “Kidz Farm” in the field with a selection of animals including rabbits, guinea pigs, ducks, chickens, snake, bearded dragon, hedgehog, rats, tortoise, tarantula, lamb, goat and an alpaca. In addition, there will be a selection of inflatables, inflatable obstacle course and putt and play golf all in the field. All this entertainment will be fully supervised and will be available free of charge to all children in the field.
All lodges are to be in the Demonstration Field by 1pm as the Religious Service will commence at 2pm sharp. The procession will depart at 3.30pm via Moneyhaw Road, Bridger Street, Stonard Street, High Street, Smith Street and Magherafelt Road to the buses parked on the hard shoulders. The West Tyrone demonstration will take place in Newtownstewart, hosted by Newtownstewart District No. 9. The host district will have the Grand Master, Bro. Edward Stevenson, as their guest speaker. The service will be conducted by Deputy Grand Chaplain Bro. Rev. Trevor Boyd.
Platform proceedings are scheduled to commence at 2pm when Wor. District Master Bro. Jim Patton will welcome everyone to the Clogher Valley Twelfth of July celebrations in Ballygawley. Guest speaker on the platform will be Wor. Bro. Rev. Canon Robert Boyd.
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